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Aid reaches drought-ravaged Somalia

The International Red Cross said Sunday it had handed out 400 tonnes of food in drought-hit parts of rebel-held ...

UN To Push Ahead With Aid Effort In Somalia

The UN on Friday shrugged off a claim by Qaeda-inspired insurgents that a ban on foreign aid groups remained in force ...

UN to start airlifting food aid into Mogadishu: WFP

The World Food Programme will start airlifting aid into Mogadishu "within days", the UN agency`s director said ...

Somali Women's Minister Abducted By Islamists

Al Qaeda-inspired insurgents abducted and detained Somalia's newly appointed women's minister Thursday while she was ...

Somali rebels welcome UN famine declaration

Somalia`s Al Qaeda-inspired insurgents on Wednesday welcomed the United Nations declaration of famine in parts of the ...

Somali militants aiming to attack abroad: CIA chief

Al-Qaeda linked militants who control much of Somalia are looking to extend their operations and carry out attacks ...

Somalia shelling kills 14 civilians at market

Shells fired in battles between insurgent militant Islamists and African Union forces at a Mogadishu market on ...

Fighting in Mogadishu kills 17

Exchanges of heavy artillery fire between Islamist rebels linked to Al-Qaeda and government forces backed by African ...

Somali preacher urges Egypt-style revolt

A spiritual leader of Somalia`s Islamist Shebab rebels called Monday for popular Egypt- and Tunisia-style revolts to ...

Counter-terror tactics needed to fight pirates: US

A US Navy admiral on Wednesday called for using counter-terrorism tactics against Somali pirates, warning the gangs ...